Light-fixture.



A. G. GOOKE.

LIGHT FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED our, 22, 1907.

908,751. v Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT: ()FFIGE.

ALFRED o. COOKIE,- or RocKrmLL, CONNECTICUT. men'r-rixmn.

To all whom it may concern: 4 Be it known that I, Amman C. Coonn, a

citizen of United States, and resident of tures, of which the followingis a fu clear,-

tially in section.

the device removed Rockyhill, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liht-Fixand exact specification.

This invention relates to li ht-fixtures, and more especially to thatclass thereof which are adapted to receive and hold the sockets ofincandescent electric lights, and it has for one of its objects theprovision of a holder which comprises a plurality of articulatedsections or members which permit the li ht to be thrown into any desireddirection without affecting the position of the base, which may beadapted either to be placed on a table, or attached to a wall.

My invention has, furthermore, for its ob-- feet the provision of aholder of this character, which is made of ,sheet metal and the' severalparts of whichmaybe stamped out by punches and dies, thus rendering theen-. tire device light in weight and cheap in man-f ufacture.

My invention has, furthermore, for its ohject the combination, with thefoot plate of the holder, of a base or supporting plate to which thefoot plate may bereadil'y attached without extraneous means, so that anumber of such base plates may be provided within,

the reach of e lamp cord ,--and the ht holder itself, with the light,may be b 'ly transferred from one'baseplate to any other withoutdi-fliculty.

7 Another object of the .invention resides in the provision of means forlocking the foot plate of the holder against accidental displacement onthe base plate.

Further objects of the invention will here inafter appear and beparticularly pointedv .out in the claims. j The invention has clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawings similar characters in which-Figure 1 represents a side view of my improved fixture attached to thewall of a uilding. Fig.. 2 is a top view thereof par- Fig 3shows asection on 1. i

line 3--3 of Fig. g. 4 is a rear view of the foot plate. Fig. 5represents a perspective view of a base late, and Fig. 6 shows in thebase plate and one table or bench.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28, 1907. Serial No. 898,698.

in which denote similar parts and cently di post is 'swiveled in a footp ate 18 provided Patented mi. 5, 190

oved light fixture is Primaril m im r y y ho sor factories where desi edfor use in s one 'ght is generally a oted to each workman and whereinmost cases the bench work apt to require the light to be-portable sothe lamp socket from its holder. ,In its preferred form this fixturecomprises two sections, a base plate and a lig t holder, both partsbeing formed of stamped sheet metal so as to meet all requirements oflightness in weight, strength of support, interchangeability, chea nessof manufacture, and universality of position and adjustment.

'Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 denotes the base plate of thedevice, a number of which may be secured in any suitable manner to thewall or the window of a building, and which consists substantially of asheet metal plate, having light, without necessitating the removal of iperforations 11 for the fastening devices. I

The lamp holder comprises a series of articulated members, to wit, alight-clamp 12 consistitggi of a sheet metal strip doubled upon i f andadapted to receive the key socket S of the electric light, the branches12' 12' being preferably rwilient in order ggdpermit the insertion orremoval of the The shank portion of the clamp is pivoted to anarm-13,consist of a pair of slotted sheet metal members 13' '13, havinghz:ibinding screw 14 for frictionally h g the clamp 12, and also a bindingscrew 15 for clamping said arm members 13 to a slotted post 15, whichcomprises a pair of adjasposed metal stri s 16, 17. This with a circularaperture 19 (see Fig. 3 to 't the rotation of the postwhich is eld incontact with the foot plate by virtue of laterall projecting feet 16'16" of the strip 16, an the feet 17' and-17" of the ost strip 17. Thefeet 16 16" are form 'by slitting the lower portion of the post 16,

the foot plate 18 on the base plate 10 and to aperture 19, through whichthey pass.

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and bending them outward and at right angles relatively to said post,the feet 16 being disposed above the top surface of the foot plate 18;.while the-feet 16" are disposed at the underside thereof. The sameconstruction applies to the post member 17 the feet 17 17 of which aresimilarly bent but in a reverse direction from that of the feet 16, 16so that consequently the post in its entirety is firmly held in positionon the plate 18 without, however, Interfering with its rotation therein,inasmuch as the width of webs of the central feet 16', 17", issubstantially equal to the diameter of till; desired, the post strips16, 17, may be riveted together as at 20 to stiffen the structure. Thefoot plate 18 is slightly cupped near its central portion, as at 21," soas to form a recess in which the'post feet 16" 17" may freely movewithout contacting with or projelcting beyond the lower surface of saidp ate. p

Means are provided for removably holding the foot plate- 18 on the baseplate 10 above mentioned, these means consisting preferably of a pair ofbuttons 25 stamped out of the base plate and bent outward as shown inFig. 5, so that the shank 25 may rest in slot 26 in the foot plate, aswill be readily understood. In order to position prevent the sameagainst accidental displacement, 1 provide a projection 27 on the latterso that a slight outward pull must be exerted on the foot plate beforethe latter can be raised to disengage the latter from the base, 18,after which the fixture may be transported either to another base plateor to stand in an upright position as shown in @Vhile the abovedescription deals particu larly with all ht-fixture which is made ofsheet metal it s ould be understood that the invention is not confinedto that-construc- 5 be deemed more desirable, or the base plate may beloaded on account of the stability required when the fixture is intendedto be used as a stand, this construction not interferin with the otherfeatures of the device.

1. The combination, witha foot plate,having an aperture, of a postpassing through and freely rotatable in said aperture and having lateralprojections for engaging the opposite sides of said plate, and a socketcamp carried by said post.

2. A light fixture comprising a socket clamp, a post formed of a stripof sheet metal, slitted to form outwardly and oppositely bent feet atits lower end, and a vfoot plate interposed between and in engagement,with said feet.

3. The combination, with a clamp, a 0st for sup orting said clamp, and afoot p ate vrotatably supporting said post, of a base plate, and meansfor removably holding said foot-plate on the base plate.

4; The combination,-with a clamp, a post for sup orting said clamp, anda foot plate rotatably supporting said post and having slots, of a baseplate having buttons for enterin said slots and for removably holdingsaid loot plate on the base plate.

5. The'combination, with a clamp, a 0st for supporting said clamp, and afoot p ate attached to sa d post' and having a recess, of

a base platehavm a projection adapted to enter said recess or postioning sa1d,foot

plate on the base late, and means for reniovably holding the foot plateon the base ate. v

p ALFRED C. C00. Witnesses;

.E. Jonnson, Sonarnnz.

